Vehicle-signal.



E. HEAD.

VEHICLE 32GNAL.

APPLICATION men 02c. 10,1914..

Patented Nov, M, 1916.

' lnvenibi' Attorneys EDWARD FRANCIS HEAD, OF WINNIBEG, CANADA.

VEHICLE-SIGNAL.

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that I. Enwauo F. Hmma citizenof Canada. residing at \Vmmpeg. lIl

' the Province of Manitoba and Dominion of Canada, have invented a newand useful Vehicle-Signal, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in vehicle signals, oneobject of the invention, being the provision of a signal especiallyadapted for use upon motor cars to indicate the direction of turning ofsuch motor car, the present device being simple and inexpensive inconstruction and readily attached to the rear portion of the motor carto carry two spring projected signal devices for disposition one uponeach side of the carrying member thereof, in combination with means forreleasing the same and for retracting the same within the sheath orcovering.

A still further object of the present invention, is the provision of adevice of this (:lltlltlfitt? in which the spring propelled signalprovided with sm'ing cushioning devices to reduce the jar occasioned bythe sudlen propulsion of the signal into signaling position.

Vith the foregoing view which will appear as the description proceeds,the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and inthe details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionherein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawingsFigu1-c 1 is a rear elevation of an automobile with thepresent signal device in operable relation thereto, one of the signalsbeing projected. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view through thesheath carrying-the present signals showing one of the signalsprojected. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of the operating mechanism forwithdrawing and releas ng the respective signals.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 esignates a sheath which isattached to the rear of the automobile A and is open at both ends.Disposed Within the sheath are two parallel plates 2, and the two shortend plates 3. Attached'to the respective plates Specification of LettersPatent.

and other objects in Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

Applicationfiled December 10. 1914. Serial No. 876,513.

2 and 3 at each side of the center of the sheath are two parallel guiderods 4, there being two ot these rods to each signal 6.

Mounted for sliding movement upon each pair of rods 4. is a plate orsupport 5 which carries its respective signal device 6, said signaldevice being a fiat member and carrying the ornamental head portion 7which is normally beyond the outer end of the sheath 2 at all times.

In order that the blade Tmay be automatically projected and consequentlycause the signal to be projected as illustrated at the left in Figs. 1and 2, there is disposed to abut the outer face of the plate 5 and theadjacent face of the plate 2 a spring 8, which is the propelling springfor the present device. Mounted upon the opposite side of the plate 5 isa compression or buffer spring 9, there being two of these springs toeach signal, such springs providing a'cushion to relieve the jar whenthe signal is released and propelled 0utwardlv by the spring 8. or inthe position as shown at the right in Fig. 2.

In order to provide a means for retracting the signal 6 and maintainingthe same within the sheath as shown at the right in Figs. 2 and 3, acable or flexible connection 10 is connected intermediate of the ends ofthe plate 5 and extendil within the coils of the spring 8 over thepulley l1, and as illustrated in Fig. is directed to a point adjacentthe dashboard of the automobile to be in ready access to the operator,there being a releasing device 12 and a pulling device 13. whereby therespective cables 10 may be released to permitthe signals to beprojected to indicate to an oncoming vehicle the direction that theoperator intends to turn. By means of the device 13. the cable may bepulled upon to compress the spring 8 and be locked in such position. Itwill thus be seen that the sheath 1 properly carries both signal blades6, and that the same is readily applied to vehicles now in use by simplyattaching to the rear thereof, or where desired upon the dash board.

lVhere the device used upon the rear of the vehicle as shown in Fig. 1,lamp brackets let are connected thereto and suspend the lamps 15 so asto direct the rays of light from above downwardly upon the signalpaddles, the two reflectors 16 being carrie by eachlano. so that theweysof each of the rods 4 at light may be projected simultaneously uponthefront and rear face of the signal blade 6.

The spring 8 abuts against the head or plate 5 midway between the rods 4and constitutes both a means for advancing the signal (3 and a means formaintaining the signal 6 parallel to the rods, thereby reducing frictionwhen the signal mores in the opening in the end of the sheath 1.

\Vhat is claimed is:

A signal device including a sheath open at both ends, two pairs ofparallel rods dis- 'poscd within said sheath, one pair to each endthereof, a plate mounted upon each pair of rods for sliding movement, asignal member carried by each plate for projection bea buffer springmounted on each rod and engaging the outer face of each plate to reducethe shock of the signal members when the same are propelled outwardly.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

' EDWVARD FRANCIS HEAD.

lVitnesses HARRY A. KAPLAN, ARTHUR ERUDIIAMM"

